Session 4: Peer Pressure

Introduction

The facilitator can outline the main aims of this session as follows:

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  For students to understand peer pressure and examine situations in which it is used.
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  For students to be able to distinguish between passive, aggressive and assertive behaviour and understand the importance of being assertive in peer pressure situations.
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  For students to reflect on how they would cope and deploy assertive behaviours in a variety of situations.

It will initially be helpful to consider the concept of peer pressure and perhaps to offer students a couple of definitions as follows:

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  Peer pressure is when you feel vulnerable to giving in to the opinions of others.
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  Peer pressure is when you feel pressure to go along with the crowd when you don't really ...